Talk:Okinawan weapons

Japanese?
I think it should be clearer that this is a Japanese thing, if indeed it is. That should be included in the first paragraph. But I don't want to do it :) --Tzartzam


 * Although Okinawa is part of Japan, Okinawan culture is different/alien to the mainland Japanese. The Japanese would consider kobudo to be "Okinawan", not "Japanese". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.252.128.13 (talk)

Kobudo
It needs to be pointed out that Kobudo means two things, only one of which is the Okinawan weapons art. The other refers to traditional Japanese martial arts and translates as something like "old flow martial way'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.187.18.6 (talk)

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Additional weapons not listed
The nintan bo is another type of weapon used in kobudo systems. It is basically 2 short bo - one for each hand. They are also called eskrima sticks in Filipino styles. I could just copy this part from the eskrima article, but I do not know enough about the Okinawan kata. I've only seen them practiced once, and that was several years ago for a brief time. has a list of other weapons too. --Scott Alter 06:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)